Imaging in renal lymphangiectasia: report of two cases and review of literature

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1057-1062

  Upreti, L ^a   Dev, A ^a   Kumar Puri, S ^a  

^a G B PANT HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHANGIECTASIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; RENAL LYMPHANGIECTASIS; SCHOOL CHILD; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; AORTA; CHILD; CYSTS; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY DISEASES, CYSTIC; LYMPHANGIECTASIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RETROPERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 49349109496     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2007.12.013     Document Type: Article

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